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MAY/JUNE 2005

TRASHING THE GREENS
Michael Shellenberger of the Breakthrough Institute, and Evans/McDonough pollster Ted Nordhaus wrote an essay last fall titled "The Death of Environmentalism," an incendiary bomb thrown at the green braintrust. But the bombastic report may have been less than meets the eye. By Jim Motavalli

GREEN LIFE SUPPORT
Ben Franklin said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." "The Death Of Environmentalism?" has forced some dialog among green leaders as to why the environmental message isn't resonating with the public. As I see it, we need to think "outside the green box" and press for serious media reform, profound electoral reform and a re-invented Democratic Party before we can expect to make any headway. By Doug Moss

THIS WEEK'S COMMENTARY: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY…WITH A CHAINSAW?
A moving counter on the home page of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) lets web surfers know that the program is responsible for saving more than 5.3 billion trees since it was launched in 1995. "Keeping our forests healthy is important," the group, launched as an offshoot of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) solemnly proclaims. "Healthy forests will continue to provide the wood and paper products that are vital to all of us while also ensuring that we have forests and wildlife for future generations of Americans." By Brian C. Howard and Jim Motavalli


BORROWING POWER
Given that most of us spend as much as two-thirds of our time at home, our environmental footprints are largely determined by the efficiency of our residential heating and cooling systems and the resources we consume to keep our houses up and running. Now a movement is afoot among real estate lenders to offer special mortgage purchasing programs and incentives designed to reward energy efficiency and sustainable building and restoration. By Roddy Scheer

THE PAIUTE MINING DISASTER
The Yerington Anaconda Mine in northern Nevada was one of the world’s largest producers of copper from 1953 to 2000. Today, nearby residents complain the defunct site is a major polluter. The Yerington Paiute Tribe’s (YPT) Campbell Ranch Reservation is barely three miles north, downwind from the 3,500-acre mining property and squarely in the path of any contaminants that might leave the mine. By Bob Boyce

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